The Flow State | Vale.Rocks
When you get down to the roots, development is all about problem solving. It doesn’t matter the language you’re using, the software you’re building, or who you are. When you’re developing, you’re doing so to solve a problem. It all boils down to how able you are to do complex reasoning and how you can put that to use.
I think one of the greatest feelings in the world is when you’re hacking on something and fall into the flow (zen) state. The state of mind where you know what you must achieve, and your only objective is to achieve it. You don’t necessarily know how you’ll do it, but you’re getting there.
You’re ideating. You’re trying things. You haven’t got a care in the world except that which is right in front of you. You know you’re here because your vision has tunnelled, adopted a slight vignette, and your peripheries are nothing but a blur. You’re solving every problem coming your way.
There are other ideas and concepts floating about in your mind, but you’re only plucking out the ones of value – the good ideas. You can gauge a bad idea at a glance, and should you attempt one, it seems almost humorous when it fails, as you already had an inkling it might.
